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On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 18:49 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > peter wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 11:59 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > > > > > >> Have you used the command -cdrom /dev/cdrom on the qemu command line? > >> > >> > > Hi Rob > > > > Thanks for your reply, yes I started windows with > > > > qemu -hda c.img -m 256 > > > > Then once windows was up and running did a > > > > -cdrom /dev/cdrom > > > > It still asks me to insert a CD when I click on the CD icon. > > > > Peter > > > Hmm, if that didn't work then I'm a bit stumped. I generally only use > QEMU with ISO images. I wonder if you have to unmount the CD so QEMU > can get control? (although I would presume since it's a read only > medium then multiple programs can read from /dev/cdrom). Another thing > you might be worth checking, do you actually have an entry called cdrom > in dev, and do you have permission to access it directly? (again, I > suppose you may have permissions to it if it works in Ubuntu). > > Rob Not such a daft idea. Although I have yet to see it happen on more recent systems with udev and friends, I used to find that /dev/cdrom symlink to /dev/hdX (where X could have been anything from A through H on my machine) was often borked. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html